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SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - A man is dead after crashing his motorcycle into a truck at high-speed in Spokane Valley on Tuesday.

According to the Spokane Valley Police Department, the man driving the motorcycle had been driving recklessly west on Broadway when he crashed into a truck pulling a 5th wheel trailer.

The truck had been traveling south on Eastern when it began to turn onto Broadway.

The motorcycle driver crashed into the truck, police say, due to his high rate of speed and inability to stop.

The name of the man has not yet been released.

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